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Global MND awareness day: Hidden challenges of MND research

20 June 202520 June 2025 Eleanor Green

Understanding the ‘hidden middle’ of cognitive change in MND

11 June 202511 June 2025 Mandy Spencer

MIROCALS: breaking down the trial results

9 May 202512 May 2025 Research Information Team

Improving Care at Home: A New Study into Complex Homecare in MND (CHiMND)

1 May 20251 May 2025 Gen Temple

Symposium Highlights: Cells and MND

26 March 202526 March 2025 Katy Barnes

Symposium highlights: A spotlight on glial cells in MND

19 March 202519 March 2025 Libby Moody
Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund

Standing on the shoulders of… Dorothy Hodgkin

31 January 20182 August 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutesOn the way to work last Wednesday, a story on BBC Radio 4 – ‘Today programme’ suddenly grabbed my attention: “February will mark the 100th

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Healthcare MND Research Research we fund

Tackling weight loss in MND – from ProGas to PostGas

16 January 201820 May 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesSwallowing problems are an incredibly common cause of malnutrition and weight loss in MND patients. To add to this, weight loss in MND is associated

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It’s not just about the neurones

5 January 20182 August 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesLong before the latest wave of cellular and molecular biology advances started to give us new information on what was going on at the cellular

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MND Research Symposium

Catch up on Symposium…focus on causes and treatments

22 December 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 8 minutesFollowing on from our previous catch-up blog on clinical management talks presented at the Symposium, here is a continuation that looks at talks focusing on

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MND Research Symposium

Catch up on Symposium…focus on ‘clinical management’

21 December 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutesFrom abstracts to posters, pushpins to ribbons, it takes a whole year to get to this day – no, not Christmas, but the 28th International

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Lessons learnt in the past year…update on clinical trials

15 December 201720 May 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesLooking for a treatment for MND is the ultimate goal of the whole MND community. Unfortunately, as MND is a very complicated disease, it is

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MND Research Symposium

‘There is an app for that’ – the wonders of technology in ALS

10 December 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt the end of a very busy Day 2 of the Symposium, I sat down with my colleagues for a quick chat. After a while,

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Symposium

Libraries, Doormen and Harry Potter

9 December 20172 August 2024

Reading Time: 5 minutesI usually travel to London two to three times a month for meetings and lab visits. If I’ve got any length of spare time, I

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Understanding disease variability – the 2017 IPG prize winner

9 December 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWarmest congratulation to Dr Marka van Blitterswijk of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, winner of this year’s Paulo Gontijo Prize in Medicine. The Award

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It’s that time of the year again… #alssymp

7 December 201720 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt was only one week after the 27th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Dublin had ended when we started the next stage of planning for

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